Comprehensive Development Master Plan (CDMP)

The Comprehensive Development Master Plan (CDMP) expresses Miami-Dade County’s general objectives and policies addressing where and how it intends development or conservation of land and natural resources will occur during the next 10 to 20 years, and the delivery of County services to accomplish the Plan’s objectives.

The CDMP establishes the broad parameters for government to do detailed land use planning and zoning activities, functional planning and programming of infrastructure and services. As such, it is a framework for use by other programs to be developed to support it's long-range planning goals.

The CDMP establishes a growth policy that encourages development:

1. At a rate commensurate with projected population and economic growth.
2. In a contiguous pattern centered around a network of high-intensity urban centers well-connected by multi-modal intra-urban transportation facilities.
3. In locations which optimize efficiency in public service delivery and conservation of valuable natural resources.

Miami-Dade County has more than 2,000 square miles of land, of which almost 500 square miles have been developed for urban uses.

The Countywide land use plan broadly defines land use categories, with the smallest distinguishable area of the Land Use map set at 5 acres.

The CDMP also establishes an Urban Development Boundary (UDB). Development orders for urban development within the boundary will generally be approved through the year 2020, provided that level-of-service standards for necessary public facilities are met.

A major review and update of the CDMP is done every seven years. There is also a tri-annual CDMP amendment process for periodic review of the development capacity of the urban area.

• See the Adopted 2030 and 2040 Land Use Plan Map
• See the Parks, Conservation and Vacant Lands Map -- includes the UDB line